Hey, lovely readers!
In typical me fashion, I am updating my To Be Read list a little too late, seeing as January was over ten days ago. Better late than never, right?
Overall, I think January was a slow month for me in the reading department. Many of the books I picked up I did not finish, either because I wasn’t in the mood for it at the moment or because I simply didn’t see myself liking the story at all. This might have to do with the fact I was suffering from a serious book hangover after reading the Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo. The worst thing to do is compare every book you start to the last one you read because you loved it so much. And that is exactly what I was doing! Thankfully, I think February might be a great reading month, what with all the AMAZING new releases coming up!
So, here’s my January month in books:
E-Books
Title: Everything In Between
Author: H. N. Smith
Rating: 
You can read my review here.
Title: The Boy I Hate
Author: Taylor Sullivan
Rating: 
You can read my review here.
Title: Six of Crows
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Rating: 
Title: Crooked Kingdom
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Rating: 
You can check out my post about book boyfriend Kaz Brekker, character of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom, here.
Title: Steel Maiden
Author: Kim Richardson
Rating: 
Review coming soon ♥
Audiobooks
Title: The Lonely Hearts Hotel
Author: Heather O’Neill
Narrator: Julia Whelan
Length: 12 hrs and 5 minutes
NOTE: I started this audiobook mid-January and I’m currently about 65% through the book. I am absolutely IN LOVE with this story. So much, that I’m seriously thinking of reading a physical copy in the future.
Did Not Finish
Title: The Bear and the Nightingale
Author: Katherine Arden
Format: Paperback
Note: I stopped reading the book in page 120. I must say it is not a bad book and I definitely will be revisiting it in the future. The first few chapters did not reel me in because I wasn’t in the mood for this specific type of narrative.
Title: The Queen of Cursed Things
Author: S. M. Gaither
Format: E-book
Note: I left this book off at 20%. The plot sounds great but the writing style just failed to capture my interest. Whenever I stopped reading, it took me some time to get back to it because I did not feel the itch to know what would happen next in the story. Granted, I didn’t read too far along and maybe this book just had a slow start before picking up but as soon as I sensed it would take me a long time to finish it I abandoned it. Maybe I will find it in me to give it a second chance someday.
Books finished: 5
DNF: 2
Audiobook:1
Total of words read: 1,685
Hoping to maximize my reading experience this upcoming month, I’ve decided to be very realistic with my TBR pile so I’m bumping down a few books to the bottom of the list in favor of others that are trending right now and I just can’t wait to read.
January TBR
My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbaleister
Ever The Hunted by Erin Summerill (currently reading)
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Everything In Between by H. N. Smith
Poison by Galt Neiderhoffer
The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid
Little Broken Things by Nicole Baart
Steel Maiden by Kim Richardson
Assassin’s Heart by Sarah Ahiers
War and Wind by Alex Lidell
February TBR
Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
Ever The Brave by Erin Summerill
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbaleister
American Panda by Gloria Chao
The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid
War and Wind by Alex Lidell
xxx,
Yeli
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Love this post! I absolutely adored Six Of Crows and Crooked Kingdom too! And honestly, your January was much more productive than mine, haha! Great post!
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Thank you so much!!!!
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You’re most welcome 💕💕
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You are not so bad posting late you know I’m late all the time with my monthly recap LOL
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Hahaha yas!
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I’m late on everything! I even had to do so many mini reviews in a few part series because I am so behind on reviews! Fantastic Post, as always!
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Thank you so much! It’s nice to know I’m not the only late poster haha 🙂
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I saw this book in the store today, The Lonely Hearts Hotel, but I didn’t buy it (I bought 12 more)…was I wrong or was I right? hmmm, have to check it maybe again :))
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I wouldn’t want to say you were wrong because who knows? Maybe the other 12 books are way better. All I can say is The Lonely Hearts Hotel is beautifully written and I doubt you’ll regret it if you do happen to check it out someday haha 😀
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Oh I have to check then…probably I’ll love the style (writing) ✌️😀
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Great wrap up! I’m sorry you didn’t had a great reading month but I’m glad you read Six of Crows duology. It’s one of my favorite series. You should also check out The Last Magician By Lisa Maxwell. War and WInd is even better than the first book and I hope you enjoy it. I recently bought Diabolic and I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on it.
Anyways, I hope you have a great month and Happy Reading! 🙂
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Thank you , you too!! I’ll def. be checking out The Last Magician!!!!!!
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I have Ever the Hunted out from the library, but I know it got mixed reviews, so I don’t know if I’ll actually end up reading it.
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Oh that sucks! I’m currently halfway through and loving it!
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Hm. Good to know! Perhaps I’ll start it and see how it goes.
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